Chasing the Light | Welcome the U22 national football team, the first professional football stadium in the northwest region is ready

2026 AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group D)

will be launched in Xi'an, Shaanxi next week, the three group matches of the Chinese U22 Men's Football Team will be held at the Xi'an International Football Center. As the first professional football stadium in the northwest my country, Xi'an International Football Center will usher in the test of important international competitions for the first time. Xi'an International Football Center covers an area of ​​280 acres, with 60,000 seats for viewing and two international standard outdoor training grounds, Xi'an is the ancient capital of a thousand years. This stadium contains rich Chinese excellent traditional cultural elements, and uses many world-leading innovative technologies. Hadid Architects and Huicheng Architectural Design (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. stood out from the international competitions. The design plan is completed with the concept of "Zhou and Qin Temple, Han and Tang Dynasty"

The dome design of this stadium reflects the cosmic view of "the sky is round and the place is round"

The high platform foundation building advocated by Zhou and Qin architecture

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and tall eaves are perfectly integrated in the main building

In addition, the design team also draws inspiration from the sculpture art of Terracotta Warriors

The north side of the court is solid and tough, and the south side is an open and soft silver-white steel structure large roof with vermilion clay panels

Inspired by the mechanics of tennis rackets, the design team designed an inner hole double-layer orthogonal cable network system for Xi'an International Football Center. Two-layer zipper is like two hands and ten fingers are tightly clamped. This structure not only greatly improves the efficiency of building materials, but also helps to provide sufficient natural lighting for the turf. The high-performance membrane roof resists heavy rain, snow, and ultraviolet rays. It provides an ideal venue environment for football matches. The inner stand adopts a classic saddle-shaped design. Each row of seat spacing and height has been carefully calculated and optimized. This greatly improves the cost-effectiveness of low-priced tickets. In addition, the lighting system on the exterior facade of the stadium can achieve dynamic changes in the theme color. The fans are watching the game on the stadium as if they are in a beautiful football temple. In order to welcome the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, Xi'an International Football Center held some of the 2025 World Famous School Football Championship in July this year.}

All-element test was conducted for hosting international competitions

Du Haonan, director of the venue operation center, said that in order to cope with the previous high temperatures in Xi'an, the football field has strengthened the maintenance of turf, such as hair dryers, and other equipment, at present, the preparation work for the venue is close to completion

In the next few days, the pre-match grass cutting, field marking and other work will be completed

to ensure that athletes provide a high-quality game environment

to provide the audience with first-class viewing experience

has arrived in Xi'an on the 25th of this month on the morning of the 26th, starting on the morning of the 26th, they have started training outside the field. According to the rules of the game, all participating teams have the first group of 11 groups and the second group of the four best-performing teams will advance to the U23 Asian Cup main competition. The Chinese team's opponents include Australia, Timor-Leste, and the Northern Mariana Islands team. Can the Chinese team successfully "break through" from the group? Let's wait and see. Reporter: Yao Youming